There’s an old saying, attributed to Oscar Wilde, that, “we may all be lying in the gutter but some of us are gazing at the stars”. It makes me think of the incongruity between, on the one hand, the lack of real choice and the diversity of options when it comes to the housing systems…
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058 - July 2017
Hastoe Housing chooses MIS AMS
Hastoe Housing has chosen MIS AMS’s ActiveH housing management software to manage 7,400 homes across its predominantly rural portfolio of properties, including 250 villages with varying degrees of mobile phone signal. The new software is scheduled to go live in March 2018. Hastoe has bought all ActiveH modules, including desktop, rents, assets, lettings, planned maintenance,…
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Small-scale, yet enterprise-class
Many small housing providers are struggling to source a repairs software solution that can deliver the key benefits of an enterprise system yet at an affordable price. Most housing providers are looking to fulfil their business objectives to improve efficiency and provide digital inclusion by introducing technologies such as repair diagnostics, self-service portals, mobile working…
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Housing Partners and NPSS tackle homelessness with IT
Housing Partners and the National Practitioner Support Service (NPSS) have jointly developed a new case management system to help housing providers and local authorities meet the requirements for the 2017 Homelessness Reduction Act. With a pilot project starting in September 2017, Housing Jigsaw is an online tool created to gather data on homelessness direct from…
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Sanctuary’s ongoing SAP programme
Six months ago, Housing Technology interviewed Sanctuary Group’s director of technology, Kevin Heslop, about the organisation’s implementation of the SAP-based OneSanctuary system (see Housing Technology, January 2017). We can now find out how the business is managing the new system and what the future holds for one of the housing sector’s largest SAP implementations. Six…
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Northgate moves to SaaS
The latest generation of Northgate Public Services’ housing management system is now based on software-as-a-service (SaaS), enabling its customers’ tenants and housing staff to access the same software and perform any relevant housing operation from any device. Tenants will be able to use self-service to pay rent, report repairs and apply for housing online via…
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